in fact, i bet mitt romney could really benefit from hiring these guys as consultants for youth and minority outreach. it couldn't possibly hurt. he is born to run, but only for president. that's just one small component of a much larger effort that made the harley of today a much better business than it was before the great recession. starting in 2009 the company began a major restructuring effort, and boy, oh, boy have they been executing. harley dramatically cut the costs of manufacturing by renegotiating labor agreements, outsourcing non-core production processes, take them overseas. harley has also made itself leaner, shutting down or shutting off extraneous brands like the augusta. and as a result, once the restructuring is completed this year, harley should see up to $325 million in annual savings. harley-davidson is a leaner, meaner, more profitable motorcycle making machine. plus the company is doing a significant job of managing the inventory. they're going in to 2012 with relatively low inventories. now the only real constraint on how many bikes harley can sell is how many they ca